#5B2799#5B2799

#5B2799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.174 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2799
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, 46.62, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 70.57, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0851 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.174 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7882, 5.9750, 30.7157)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2799 #659927

analogous

#272C99 #5B2799 #942799

triadic

#5B2799 #995B27 #27995B

tetradic

#5B2799 #99272C #659927 #279994

square

#5B2799 #99272C #659927 #279994

split-complementary

#5B2799 #999427 #2C9927

monochromatic

#210E37 #3E1B68 #5B2799 #7833CA #9863D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#5B2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2799

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2799	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.174 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b8',
    500: '#5b2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2799;
$custom-light: #8f66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41182,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2799

secondary

#92BD5F

accent

#E3459B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2799

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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